Just how close was the State/UNC game last night? Closer than you think. Let’s take a closer look at the numbers. The Good -NC State matched one of the nation’s top rebounding teams 40-40 on the boards. This stat in itself should let you know that the Wolfpack competed hard against the Heels. They battled for every board and really took away their biggest advantage. -UNC makes their living in the paint. With a big time front court including NBA prospects Tyler Zeller and John Henson it’s pretty likely that they’re going to beat you in the middle. Last night however, that wasn’t the case. The NC State bigs went hard and beat UNC at their own game. In fact, State out scored the Heels 42-22 in the paint. I was really impressed by this. I thought in the first matchup State really just took it at UNC and thought they could out muscle them, but in this one they were more creative. They used pump fakes and pivots to get open in the post and used their quickness to lure the Tar Heel bigs away from the hoop. – State only turned the ball over 4 times. Yes, you…
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Amile Jefferson and his Friends Central team are state champions after beating Westtown 66-47. Amile scored only 14 in the game but was hobbled by turned ankle he suffered early in the game. Sure this is good news for the NC State recruit, but the reason it’s noteworthy is because this should speed up the Jefferson decision process now that his season is over. The McDonald’s all-american is said to be choosing between NC State and Duke. We’re expecting to hear something over the next 10 days sometime. We’ll stay on this situation all week and give you the news as it...
If you’re looking for quotes from Jefferson and his dad that answers the question in the title, you’re not going to find them here…or anywhere for that matter. Jefferson, a 2012 McDonald’s all-american will soon be choosing between NC State and Duke but their camp has kept almost all information about the decision close to the vest. By coincidence those two teams, NC State and Duke, took the floor against each other on Thursday night. The outcome? …Duke erased a 20 point deficit and won by 5. So how will that effect Jefferson’s decision? I don’t have an answer, but...
Amile Jefferson scored 23 points and helped his Friends Central team to a 67-64 win over Hill School. This means that Friends Central moves on in the playoffs and will play this Friday night. This also means that we likely won’t be seeing Amile Jefferson at the NC State vs Duke game tonight at Cameron Indoor. The game is at 9pm tonight in Durham and Jefferson needs to be back at school in the morning at school tomorrow to be eligible to play in his game (if his school goes by rules that the public high schools follow). We will...
Torian Graham’s recruitment has been through more ups and downs than a roller coaster, but that hasn’t stopped his on the court production. If Graham is a NCAA qualifier he’ll be a gigantic pull for whatever team gets him. We know he still likes NC State and NC State likes him so we’ll have to see what comes of it all after his season ends. For now take a look at Graham showing off his hops as he slams over a 7’2 center in this video courtesy of BallisLife.com....
We will be updating this situation on Twitter as news breaks. As of now we’re coming down the home stretch with the Amile Jefferson decision and we’re making calls and trying to find out as much as possible. Follow our twitter for breaking news on this story. Follow @packinsider NC State wants 2012 recruit (and McDonalds All American) Amile Jefferson. Duke wants him too. Neither will have him until his season is over. Jefferson is waiting to make his college decision until his senior season is over and that time hasn’t come just yet as his Friends Central team ousted...
Amile Jefferson, a 2012 recruit who was recently named a McDonald’s All-American has been weighing his options on where he’ll be taken his talents next season. Most reports have NC State and Duke as his final two. There have been reports that Jefferson could make his decision at anytime and there were reports out of Duke that he was going to announce his commitment to them on the eve of the Duke/Carolina game. That didn’t happen, however, according to a source close to the Jefferson situation, it’s very likely that Jefferson will be announcing sometime in the next two weeks...
ESPN just announced this years McDonald’s All-Americans and for the first time it’s quite noteworthy to Wolfpack fans. In fact, not one of the NC State 2012 commits were left off of the roster. Rodney Purvis, TJ Warren and Tyler Lewis were all selected and, get this Wolfpack fans, all put on the same team. And it gets even better. Amile Jefferson, who Gottfried and company are actively recruiting also was selected and also was put on the same team. This is great news for Mark Gottfried who was hoping to make a national splash with his 2012 class. In fact, NC...
Scout.com has released their updated recruiting rankings and unlike ESPNs, NC State doesn’t fall all that ar down. The Wolfpack who have signed PG Tyler Lewis (one of the nations best floor generals), SG Rodney Purvis and SF TJ Warren, are now ranked #5 in the nation, falling two spots form #3. In ESPNs rankings NC State is at #7 with UNC moving to #5. I’m tired of having to call out people for giving UNC benefit of the doubt in a number of differnt categories, but I have to do it again. UNC has only one player better than...
2012 NC State commit Rodney Purvis of Upper Room Christian Academy in Raleigh can add another feather to his cap as he single-handedly brought his team back from a 5 point deficit to win 95-94. Purvis not only knocks down 2 clutch free throws, but then he hits a 3 (and 1) and finishes the game off with a block to seal the deal. Pretty impressive Mr. Purvis…pretty impressive....
We’ve broke the news nationally when Torian Graham first committed, but only about a month later that commitment was off the table. Then we reported his commitment around Christmas time, only to have to explain to Pack fans exactly what happened and why he was forced to decommit again. Now, thanks to Zagsblog we see that the Graham story isn’t quite over. He is transferring mid year from Arlington Country Day in Florida to Creedmoor (N.C.) Christian Faith Academy and he’s still considering the Wolfpack. According to his guardian, Craig Wilson, four schools are working hardest on the 6-foot-4 wing: N.C. State,...
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